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Agency Membership

Agency Membership is for organisations who employ or engage financial counsellors and share a mutual interest in the work undertaken by the FCVic. Employer agencies, community legal services and academic institutions are eligible for agency membership.

Each Agency member may appoint an Agency Representative. The Agency Representative must be a manager who has one or more financial counsellors reporting to them. The representative will be included in the email distribution list for Agency Members and receive access to member-only content through the FCVic website.

  • Be a Non-Profit Organisation
  • Employ or engage financial counsellors
  • Satisfy the criteria for the ASIC credit licensing relief for financial counselling agencies
  • Agree to support the Continuous Professional Development and Professional Supervision requirements prescribed by the Board

Agency membership: $200.00 per calendar year

Apply for Agency Membership

Affiliate Membership

Affiliate membership is for individuals who are not working as financial counsellors (including retired workers), or who are working in a similar field.

  • An individual working in the financial counselling sector in a related role but not as a financial counsellor

OR

  • Holds an accredited Diploma of Financial Counselling, but is not working as a financial counsellor and has not met the requirements for continuous professional development

Affiliate membership: $50.00 per calendar year

Apply for Affiliate Membership

Student Membership

Student membership is for individuals who are studying for the Diploma of Financial Counselling.

  • Actively studying for the Diploma of Financial Counselling

Student membership: $125.00 per calendar year

Apply for Student Membership

Student (Intern) Membership

Student (Intern) membership is open to individuals who are studying the Diploma of Financial Counselling and have commenced employment as a financial counsellor (other than student placement).

  • Actively studying for the Diploma of Financial Counselling; and
  • Employed as a financial counsellor

Student (Intern) membership: $125.00 per calendar year

Apply for Student (Intern) Membership

Associate Membership

Associate membership is open to individuals who have completed the diploma, but have not met the work experience requirements for Accredited membership.

  • Working as a financial counsellor
  • Holds the Diploma of Financial Counselling and has not yet had 24 months full-time experience, however meets the requirements for continuing professional development and supervision

Individual Members pay their membership fees depending only on the number of hours they work each week. This is based on the hours that they are employed OVERALL per week, and NOT on the hours they are employed to do casework or financial counselling per week.

Part-time employment (30 hours or less a week): $175.00 per calendar year

Full-time employment (more than 30 hours a week): $275.00 per calendar year

Apply for Associate Membership

Accredited Membership

Accredited membership is for individuals who are currently working as financial counsellors, and have the appropriate qualification, or are diploma qualified and have the appropriate experience and CPD points.

  • Has had 24 months full-time experience working as a financial counsellor (including while studying if relevant)
  • Holds the Diploma of Community Services (Financial Counselling)
  • Has satisfactorily completed an accreditation process covering technical, skills and ethics topics relevant to the financial counselling profession, as set out by the FCVic Board
  • If working as a financial counsellor, meets requirements for continuing professional development and supervision

OR

  • If not working as a financial counsellor, meets requirements for continuing professional development.

Individual Members pay their membership fees depending only on the number of hours they work each week. This is based on the hours that they are employed OVERALL per week, and NOT on the hours they are employed to do casework or financial counselling per week.

Part-time employment (30 hours or less a week): $175.00 per calendar year

Full-time employment (more than 30 hours a week): $275.00 per calendar year

Apply for Accredited Membership

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